J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Clouds 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Clouds’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 14 Verso:
Clouds 1801
D02481
Turner Bequest LIII 14a
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 162 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the page turned horizontally, this is a slight sketch; compare the rapid studies of clouds on folios 2 recto and verso (D02463–D02464).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Clouds 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-clouds-r1178503, accessed 19 April 2024.